It’s A Dream
It’s a dream. It must be. It’s the place we go when we run out of space In our real world. It’s our dream world. Convincing, but laced with inaccuracies. A lowering sky, Not one that confines us, But conforms to us. Lush green growth Clings to impossibly vertical rock walls. Heavy canopy, Seamlessly builds, expands, becomes Unreachable mountaintops. Sheer cliff faces drop swiftly into farmland And drown in crisp clear alpine water, Preserved For eternity. And it all seems To be A mirror image Of our world here- Conducting from the right, But maneuvering from the left. Adrift, ill-fit, [...]
New Zealand 2011 Reflections
Another year, another summer in Wanaka, New Zealand. This place is starting to feel more like home, as it is my fourth trip down here. And I like how that feels. I remember feeling overwhelmingly excited the first year I came down. I had seven weeks to ski and party. The latter seemed to be the dominating theme that year. Last year, I came down to Wanaka on two separate occasions. The first trip was in August- I came down as a coach for the US Junior Worlds team. It was an opportunity to give back to the next generation [...]